Month: September 2019
23 posts
Paul Murphy resigns from the Socialist Party
After an extensive debate within the Socialist Party, a group of members, including Paul Murphy, have decided to…
Review: When They See Us
Directed by Ava DuVernay Netflix (2019) Reviewed by Lucy Marron In the spring of 1989, a scandal gripped…
Boojum worker’s reponse to “Win Student Rent For a Year” competition
WIN YOUR STUDENT RENT FOR A YEAR “It’s fair to say paying extortionate rent for what feels like…
Collapse of the Soviet bloc 1989
Revolutionary movement with counter-revolutionary consequences Rob Jones – Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa ( sister organisation of the Socialist Party in…
US: 50,000 GM Workers on Strike
By Steve Edwards (Socialist Alternative, sister organisation of the Socialist Party in the US) The strike of 50,000…
Interview with Delfin English Language School striker
Today’s initial half day strike action by teacher members of UNITE at the Delfin English Language school on Parnell Square for union recognition and improvements in conditions is the culmination of a long organising campaign.
System Change not Climate Change – Who is afraid of Greta?
Alternative Socialiste, CWI Québec (sister orgaisation of the Socialist Party in Quebec) Is Greta Thunberg a young woman…
Amazon Forest – Burning the Future
“AT FIRST I thought I was fighting to save the rubber trees. Then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rainforest. Now I realise I am fighting for humanity.” Brazilian trade union leader and environmentalist, Chico Mendes who was assassinated by a cattle rancher in 1988.
NBRU conference – fighting mood on pay and driver safety
The biennial conference of the National Bus and Rail Union recently took place in Cork. We spoke to…
Defend customer privacy & Globetech workers’ jobs
By Mick Barry TD A recent controversy about Apple’s Siri voice assistant raised important questions about consumer privacy…